Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier, Art Evans, Howard E. Rollins Jr.,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.

Actors : Powers Boothe, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez, Meg Foster,
Directors : John Boorman,

After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Michael Paré, Eric Christmas,
Directors : Stewart Raffill,

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.

Actors : Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Treat Williams,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins,
Directors : Nick Castle,

An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.

Actors : Sally Field, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Mark Rydell,
Directors : David Seltzer,

Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York comedy club. The ...

Actors : Bryan Brown, Sigourney Weaver, John Omirah Miluwi, Julie Harris,
Directors : Michael Apted,

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Woody Allen,

At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.

Actors : Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Actors : Karl Malden, Maureen Stapleton, Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Actors : Halil Ergün, Serif Sezer, Meral Orhonsay, Tarik Akan,

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world ...

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Newman, John Cusack, Dwight Schultz,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson,
Directors : Emile Ardolino,

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken ...

Actors : Mitsuko Baishô, Mieko Harada, Akira Terao, Toshie Negishi,

A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Actors : Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic, Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic,
Directors : Emir Kusturica,

In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Actors : Colin Blakely, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

Actors : Cynthia Gibb, Rob Lowe, Ed Lauter, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Peter Markle,

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. ...

Actors : Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.